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Pioneer Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Westenhaver

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided January 10, 1911No. 503PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Appeal from the State Corporation Commission. . Action by E. IT. Westenhaver and others and the State of Oklahoma against the Pioneer Telephone & Telegraph Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHayes, J.

Appellant is a public service corporation engaged in the telephone business in this state. It maintains at various points in the state telephone exchanges, and between many of the towns and cities of the state a long-distance or toll telephone service. It owns and operates at the city of Enid a local telephone exchange and toll lines from that city to other points in the state. At the time this proceeding was begun before the Corporation Commission, appellant was charging for service upon its local exchange at that place the following schedule of rates per month: $3 per month for business…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
  4. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  5. San Diego Land & Town Co. v. National CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1899

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. McCardle v. Indianapolis Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  3. Underwood Typewriter Co. v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
  4. Oklahoma City v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  5. Lone Star Gas Co. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934

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